PAAM & ABK Penang are the members of the Malaysian Federation of AOTS Alumni Societies (MAFAAS). PAAM and the ABK will meet to plan for joint activities to benefit mutual members. The MAFAAS meeting was attended by:

PAAM:
Mr. A. Aziz Y. Kamaruddin (President)
Madam Au Yong (Vice President)
Mr. Lim Eng Swee (Asst. Treasurer)

ABK Penang:
Ms. Rachel Wong Lai Cheun (President)
Ms. Melina Tay Wah Sim (Secretary)
Mr. Geron Ngo (Treasurer)

AOTS KL Office:
Mr. Masami Kodaira (General Manager)

MAFAAS meetings are a good platform where both the Malaysian AOTS alumni societies get to know each other, share their experiences and promote closer relationship through work cooperation. Some important topics discussed in this MAFMS meeting were:

1. ABK introduced the newly elected main committee members and provided the Minutes of the last MAFAAS meeting. Like wise PAAM also introduced its main committee members.

2. At this meeting, there were exchange of experiences and organizing details on specific topics such as Trainings, Tea-talks and how to carry out regional entrepreneur seminars for Asian, African regions.

3. ABK also introduced its recent seminar, the "Blue Ocean' business strategy setting.

4. For the purpose of sharing information and to build a data base for future implementation of training courses, both societies agreed to collect major information regarding:
a) Details of lecturers trainers and their profiles (CVs).
b) Subjects and training courses that the lecturers can provide.
c) Experiences of the lecturer and public courses conducted.
d) Other abilities of the lecturer.


After the meeting, members participated in a meaningful and fruitful way of promoting relationship: We made a short visit to a famous nearby tropical fruit plantation, the Khas Berniaga Limau Tambun Plantation.